Contributions include South African photographer Ricardo Simal’s portrait of the lives of young surfers from the Cape Town suburbs; pendants made by Léa Domingues, who bases her work on the historical, cultural, and material analysis of clothes, textiles, and accessories from the recent past; Gabriella Angotti-Jones shares how her early relationship with surfing culture became inextricably linked to her identity as a Black woman; Superorganic Studio’s poetic ode to the wetsuit, based on deconstructed interviews with surfers; and photography by Miguel Constantino and Tim McKenna, plus much more.
304 p, ills colour & bw, 17 x 23 cm, pb, English
Surf? Yes, but no.
Surfing seems too often stuck in its conventional myths. Acid Magazine aims to break them down and create a space to highlight those who take the risk to create alternative imaginaries. Surfing appears to have forgotten what surrounds it. Acid Magazine strives to place surfing in its socio-economic, historical and cultural context. In truth, surfing is just a prism through which we observe society.
A wide-open, imperfect and always unfinished encyclopedia
Acid Magazine is a fully independent annual print publication. Proposing in every issue 26 ways to talk about way more than surfing. Available in english et en Français. Distributed worldwide. Printed in Britanny, France. Edited by Quentin Coulombier, Baptiste Le Provost & Thomas Le Provost.
